Bag-fastener.



F. A. FULLER.

BAG FASTENER.

APPLICATION FIL'ED MAR. 24,1915. 1,159,757. Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

WITNEZE-S: v @MWAF A TTOR/VEY UNITED STA QT OFFICE V FRANZ A. FULLER, OFNEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE if. E. MERGOTT COMPANY, OF NEWARK,NE'W JERSEY,'A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

BAG-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

Application filed March 24, 1915. 7 Serial No. 16,534.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANZ A. FULLER, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Fasteners, of which the following is a. full, clear, and exactdescription, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make, construct, and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to numerals of reference marked thereon,forming a part ofv this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in fasteners, andparticularly to fasteners for satchels, bags, pocket-books, and thelike, and has for its object, the arrangement of an improved structuredesigned to co-act with the ordinary fastener of a satchel forpreventing an accidental loosening or unfastening of the same.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pivotally mountedauxiliary looking device in connection with a bag frame having theordinary lift-lock or overlapping locking knobs, so that the auxiliarylocking device may embrace the ordinary fastener for preventing openingthereof.

In its preferred embodiment, my improved device includes a pivotedmember carried by one of the jaws, which when swung in one direction,will positively prevent the lock from opening, but when swung in theopposite direction, will permit the free opening of the ordinaryfastener.

In carrying out my invention, I make use of the preferred structuresillustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which Figures 1 and 2respectively represent a plan and a side elevation of my invention; andFig. 3 represents a transverse section taken on line w-x of Fig. 2,looking in the direction indicated by the arrow, the liftlock not beingshown in said view.

Similar numerals of reference refer to like parts throughout thespecification and drawlugs.

In the form illustrated, my'invention is applied to any ordinary ordesired form of frame, consisting of two hinged members 1 and 2. Nearthe middle portion of the frame member 1, I secure a fastener 3 of theliftlock type, in any convenient or desired manner, which is operativelyconnected with the frame member 2 by snapping .or forcing the edge ofthe fastener over the usual projection (not shown) upon the frame member2, in the well-known manner. Instead of employing a lift-lock of thetype herein illustrated, locking knobs which interlock and which arewell-known in the art, may be employed. v v i I H represent aperturedstuds, of any convenient form, secured to the frame mem ber lby means ofan integral reduced portion 5 formed onthe under side and near the rearend of said studs, which are inserted through apertures in the bag framemember 1 and riveted over in any suitable or convenient manner.

The stud 4c in its preferred form, is of such slze as to project acrossthe top of the frame member 2, when the frame members are in theirclosed or locked position, and the front end thereof is preferablyprovided with an integrally formed inwardly projecting nose or lockingelement 6, projecting across the path of the pivotally connected lockingelement 7, and designed to be engaged therewith when said lockingelement is swung into or out of locking engagement with said lockingelement 6.

The stud l in its preferred form, at its front end, where it overhangsthe frame member 2, is provided with a reduced portion, as clearlyindicated at 8 on the drawings, and the noseor locking element 6 ispreferably tapered or rounded off at that point where it engages withthe sides of the locking element 7, so that when the locking element issprung past the nose or looking projection 6, it is done with apronounced snap.

The locking element 7 is pivotally connected to the apertured studs 4 bymeans of integral trunnions 9 formed thereon. This locking element ismade from a single piece of suitable material, formed with two arms 10,from which the trunnions 9 extend, and by means of which it is pivotallyconnected to the studs 4. These arms 10 are provided with offsetportions 11, whch lie snugly embodiment shown, but may be modified inthe scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. In combination, two members movable relatively to each other, afastener secured to one of said frame members and holding said framemembers together, studs secured on one frame member, and a lockingelement, comprising a yoke pivotally located in said studs, said yokebeing designed to have looking engagement wit-h said studs and operatedindependently from said fastener.

2. In combination, two members movable relatively to each other, afastener secured to one of said frame members and holding said framemembers together, studs provided with holding means secured to the saidframe member and projecting across the other frame member, and alockingelement, comprising a yoke pivotally located in said said holding meansand operated independently from said fastener.

This specification signed and witnessed this 23rd day of March, 1915.

FRANZ A. FULLER, Witnesses:

W. H. CONKLIN,

FREDK. C. FISCHER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe fiommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

